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It’s times like this when I wish we had a flaming skull around here. The Hispanic Caucus is threatening to walk on ObamaCare: A group of Hispanic lawmakers on Thursday will tell President Barack Obama that they may not vote for healthcare reform unless changes are made to the bill’s immigration provisions. [...] Since last fall, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members have kept quiet, at least publicly, about their objections [...]...

Just before the health reform bill passed there was a threatened revolt by members of the Hispanic Caucus. The issue was access for illegal immigrants. It turned out that the caucus had been promised this would be addressed in conference, only the bill never went to conference. As we now know, the caucus did eventually line up with the administration and it was assumed that promises had been made about [...]...

From The Hill: Obama maintained that he hadn’t broken a promise to pass immigration reform, despite a perception by some voters in the Latino community. “I would have only broken my promise if I hadn’t tried,” he said. “But ultimately, I’m one man. You know, we live in a democracy. We don’t live in a monarchy. I’m not the king. I’m the president. And so, I can only implement those [...]...

This new AP poll has some bad numbers for the President: For the first time, the poll found that a majority of adults, 52 percent, said Obama should be voted out of office while 43 percent said he deserves a second term. The numbers represent a clear reversal since last May, when 53 percent said Obama should be re-elected while 43 percent said he didn’t deserve four more years. There [...]...

The President is in a serious slump. The latest numbers from Rasmussen show his approval rating at a new low of 45%, versus 54% who disapprove. The President has never had numbers quite this bad, though he came close the first week of September (45-53). His numbers are only this high for one reason. According to Gallup, 91% of blacks still approve of the job he’s doing. 91%? I predict [...]...

The Washington Post has some new poll data that is almost entirely bad news for the President: The survey found that 86 percent of adults see the economy as “poor,” up from 80 percent in June. But the Post is quick to note some good news for Obama: there has been no significant change in the number of people who say he deserves re-election: 47 percent as opposed to 48 [...]...

Despite big wins in the house, there is a bit of animosity among various factions about the Republican’s failure to take the Senate. Mort Kondracke and Megan McCain are using rough language to blame Sarah Palin. Matt Kibbe of Freedom Works is blaming the loss on a failure of message discipline. I think there’s something to be said for these views. Mort and Megan are right that the Tea Party [...]...

Reporting on a new national poll for Bloomberg TV, Al Hunt says that on a scale of 1 to 10 this poll is an 11 for the White House. According to the poll, Americans rate Obama’s handling of the economy as follows: 33% approve, 62% disapprove. Hunt goes on to say “If he weren’t such a temperate man, these numbers would drive him to drink.” Also in the new poll, [...]...

His name is Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo and he’s a big star in Hispanic radio. Fortunately he didn’t try this with the President: If you’re wondering why you should care about this guy, it’s because Obama told Mr. Sotelo in an interview that aired today: this election coming up is so important because we essentially have to say that those who are politicizing the issue, who are supportive of the Arizona [...]...

President Barack Obama showed some frustration Wednesday as he responded to questions about stalled immigration reform, chiding a Hispanic roundtable that “we live in a democracy.”

“This notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is not true,” Obama told Hispanic journalists at an “Open for Questions” White House roundtable. “The fact of the matter is there are laws on the books I have to enforce. And there is a great disservice done to the cause of getting the DREAM Act passed and comprehensive immigration reform passed by perpetuating the notion that somehow by myself I can just go and do these things.”

This is of a piece with his comments to the Congressional Black Caucus last week. He sees his poll numbers sagging and his response is: Don’t blame me, blame them!

Of course there’s a sense in which he’s right. President’s don’t command laws into existence. But then he knew that before he made the promises he made, so I’m not able to find a lot of sympathy for him at this point.